Yeah I am loving my new height, it leaves room for growth (in the tire department)! I am running the trail-gear rock defense front sport cage.......the rear I posted pics up of is the senerygy rear cage!

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Good to know!
I'm going to miss the squat stance but at least I know it's not all lost!

I mean for under 3k each you can get a complete axle with chromos, gears, and a locker. I'm not sure how much you could really save building them yourself! I may have to consider getting a matching set of 44s. Then I could get 5.38s front and rear haha!

So right there, with just numbers pulled from the top of my head, we are sitting at $3000!

The reason I'm going through that, is I've been looking for a 44 to put in the front so I can gear past 4.88. But holy cow, by the time I get my axles where I want them to be, the G2 could have been bought and plopped in! I suppose the benefit of doing a JY axle swap is that you don't have to buy it all at once, just piece by piece, and getting the axle under the Jeep is relatively cheap, but in the end it costs just as much.

Of course there are ways to save money, but still....my own little gears are now 'a turning...

I mean for under 3k each you can get a complete axle with chromos, gears, and a locker. I'm not sure how much you could really save building them yourself! I may have to consider getting a matching set of 44s. Then I could get 5.38s front and rear haha!

So right there, with just numbers pulled from the top of my head, we are sitting at $3000!

The reason I'm going through that, is I've been looking for a 44 to put in the front so I can gear past 4.88. But holy cow, by the time I get my axles where I want them to be, the G2 could have been bought and plopped in! I suppose the benefit of doing a JY axle swap is that you don't have to buy it all at once, just piece by piece, and getting the axle under the Jeep is relatively cheap, but in the end it costs just as much.

Of course there are ways to save money, but still....my own little gears are now 'a turning...

Cheers

Yeah thats what I was thinking then same thing, I am going to 5.13s which I hope is noticeable......the 8.8 goes from 5.13 to 5.8ish nothing inbetween, the closes 44 gears is 5.71 which was a whole .10 diff from what the rears would be÷

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Originally Posted by try2holdmywheel

What's the story? Don't like the looks, want to keep it street legal, or what? Whatever it is, I'm with you. No comp cut for me.

I can't think of a better time then when swapping in a new axle. In fact, you should go to coil overs that come through the hood.

All of the above, I would love coilovers but that iut if the cards next year, I was thinking go soa in the rear and link front would peform great I mean it work for the xj guys right? Haha

Yeah thats what I was thinking then same thing, I am going to 5.13s which I hope is noticeable......the 8.8 goes from 5.13 to 5.8ish nothing inbetween, the closes 44 gears is 5.71 which was a whole .10 diff from what the rears would be÷

All of the above, I would love coilovers but that iut if the cards next year, I was thinking go soa in the rear and link front would peform great I mean it work for the xj guys right? Haha

Yeah thats what I was thinking then same thing, I am going to 5.13s which I hope is noticeable......the 8.8 goes from 5.13 to 5.8ish nothing inbetween, the closes 44 gears is 5.71 which was a whole .10 diff from what the rears would be÷

So I think you have it backwards. The 44 seems to go from 5.38 to 5.89 from what I can find...So you're right that the only match will be 5.13.

Matching 44s in 5.38 is starting to sound pretty sweet to my ears. It'll work (maybe a little low for 35s) but if/when 37s happen for me, or just a ton of weight (bead locks, etc) I'll have that little bit of wiggle room...